foot

🇺🇸 /fʊt/ 🇬🇧 /fʊt/
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Tags TOP500Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
A1

the part of your leg that touches the ground when you stand or walk

My foot hurts after walking all day.

R

having a certain number or type of feet

A four-footed animal has four feet.

R

the part of a sock or stocking that covers your foot

The foot of my sock has a hole in it.

A2

a unit of length equal to 12 inches

The water was three feet deep at the river's foot.

B2

the bottom or lowest part of something

Sign your name at the foot of the page.

B2

the far end of something

The doctor stood at the foot of the patient's bed.

R

a unit of rhythm in poetry with one stressed syllable

Each foot in the poem has a stressed syllable.

translation

n. the part of your leg that touches the ground when you stand or walk; having a certain number or type of feet; the part of a sock or stocking that covers your foot; a unit of length equal to 12 inches; the bottom or lowest part of something; the far end of something; a unit of rhythm in poetry with one stressed syllable

Word Forms

Plural feet